And You Thought There Was Never an Anime Thread on This Forum!

[Weirdo]

I'll settle for any place that actually serves those ubiquitous rice balls or pork buns.

You have no idea how excited I was when a ramen shop opened up nearby and I was finally able to see what takoyaki tastes like. Turns out I rather like the stuff, but my wife can't stand the texture.

[MadCapellan]

I'll settle for any place that actually serves those ubiquitous rice balls or pork buns.

You have no idea how excited I was when a ramen shop opened up nearby and I was finally able to see what takoyaki tastes like. Turns out I rather like the stuff, but my wife can't stand the texture.

Takoyaki is the bomb! We've got quite a few places scattered around here that serve all manner of Japanese food. I'm a big gyudon fan, myself, but there's a place nearby called Sutadonya that's specialty is a spiced pork donburi that's mindblowingly good.

[Weirdo]

You and your "I live in a major cosmopolitan area" nonsense... >:(

As big as it is, the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex...is still stuck in deepest darkest Texas. There's been some improvement in the past several years(Indian places are agreeing to edge their way up from Uncommon, and any meal that sees you venture into one of the Korean/Vietnamese quarters that for the landscape us always a delight), but the area still has a long way to go.

[kato]

You and your "I live in a major cosmopolitan area" nonsense... >:(

Can i complain that our only Malay restaurant in my small town of about 150k people has closed, leaving me with only a choice between Italian, German, Greek, French, Spanish, American, Chinese, Thai, Mexican, Korean, Japanese, Arabic, Vietnamese, Eritrean, Pakistani, Iranian, Ethiopian, Russian, Laotian and Egyptian places - broadly in that order by number of restaurants?

[elf25s]

I'll settle for any place that actually serves those ubiquitous rice balls or pork buns.

You have no idea how excited I was when a ramen shop opened up nearby and I was finally able to see what takoyaki tastes like. Turns out I rather like the stuff, but my wife can't stand the texture.

i am fortunate when it comes to asian foods where i live the community is mostly from korea and southern china and pinch of india and some japaniese. so if i feel like it i can hit at least 3 restaurants and at least 3 asian markets and small stores within 20 minutes walking distance or 5 if i drive...

[Maingunnery]

I have no problems, if I want Asian food, I can just make it at home. 
But sometimes I do go to Pizzarias as I don't have a proper pizza oven.

[Weirdo]

i am fortunate when it comes to asian foods where i live the community is mostly from korea and southern china and pinch of india and some japaniese. so if i feel like it i can hit at least 3 restaurants and at least 3 asian markets and small stores within 20 minutes walking distance or 5 if i drive...

You and your "I live in a place where walking distance is a thing" nonsense... >:(

[MoneyLovinOgre4Hire]

I live in a town where the closest thing to an Italian restaurant we've got is Little Caesar's.

[elf25s]

You and your "I live in a place where walking distance is a thing" nonsense... >:(

really?
i can tell you i lived in few places in new york i could get any type of food within 20 minutes more or less..now i live in NJ aka armpit of usa and where i live now has predominantly asian community...only other store near me that is not an asian market is shop rite. closest asian market is about 20 mjnutes the next one about 25 the third one about 35 3 of the markets have hot food eateries 2 include bakeries there is at least 2 korean style bbq i have 4 chinies restaurants 10 minutes of me 1 pizzaria at least 2 subshops at least 1 indian restaurant 30 minutes from me at least 2 all you can eat within 20 minutes of each other in either direction one of which is chiniese...sadly to get any decent japaniese i have to drive to next town...for polish same thing italian same thing
starbucks about 25 minutes dunkin donuts about 10 minutes...there is always harolds but i rather drive than walk there if i walked i would get there in 45 to an hour 25 there is vietnamiese fast food joint...at lest 1 bubble tea joint 25 minutes away...so i would say i am fortunate when it comes to asian style foods and that is in just south part of town. northern part is predominantly indian,,,and  am not walking 2 hours to get what i want...sorry if you are jealous

[Daemion]

You and your "I live in a major cosmopolitan area" nonsense... >:(

As big as it is, the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex...is still stuck in deepest darkest Texas. There's been some improvement in the past several years(Indian places are agreeing to edge their way up from Uncommon, and any meal that sees you venture into one of the Korean/Vietnamese quarters that for the landscape us always a delight), but the area still has a long way to go.

Quit your whining. You don't know culinary delinquency until you've been to rural {anywhere}. Iowa! Towns which are in the 4 to 5 digit population numbers are still surprisingly lacking, unless it's a college town, and even then.

I'm lucky to have a McCottos (Not really Italian), Bamboo Garden (Chinese), and two different Mexican Restaurants. But, that's because I live in a county seat. It's still only 5000 people, and I think 2k of that is prison population for the State Pen.  Heck, I'm surprised we even have a couple subways and a McDonalds.

It's pretty much 'you make it yourself' around here.

[Dies Irae]

You and your "I live in a place where walking distance is a thing" nonsense... >:(

I live on a postage stamp sized island stacked to the brim with people. This sort of means it's easy to find "good enough" cuisine from both the East and West, especially with the country's food culture (seriously, there's a halfway decent Japanese place maybe a 5 minute walk over). On the other hand, when the population density is this high, misanthropy seems the only logical outcome.

Sure, it's easy to find food, but trust me when I say that the grass is always greener.

[Wrangler]

I want so bad....

22inch VF-1 Valkyrie from the Super Fortress Macross: Do you Remember Love animated film.

[Wrangler]

Gundam.info has released the 1st 15 Minutes of next entry into the The Origins films, Episode VI (6).

Anime News Network posted this, but there issue is that region lock you can only watch it on Anime News Network.

Here the link unless your saving yourself until you can see whole thing when it completely comes out.

All i can says, is we get our big fleet battles and Red Comet in all his glory shows why he's the ace.

[Tymers Realm]

No argument there. That would be a wonderful bookshelf item for sure.
And heaven forbid HG would do everything in their (non-existent, we hope) power to get a piece of any proper import distribution...

[elf25s]

I want so bad....

22inch VF-1 Valkyrie from the Super Fortress Macross: Do you Remember Love animated film.

ahhh the thing of beauty
my buddy has a vf-0 from macross zero still in box and limited edition...on hell bay those go for about 600 usd and up...
had to talk him out of selling it when he was broke...and gave him few hundred so he could keep it. today he is very happy that he never parted with it.

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2018-04-26/22-inch-vf-1-valkyrie-becomes-macross-biggest-plastic-model-ever/.130829 this is the one?

[Daemion]

22inch VF-1 Valkyrie from the Super Fortress Macross: Do you Remember Love animated film.

Is that roughly 3.5" GI Joe size?

[Istal_Devalis]

I want so bad....

22inch VF-1 Valkyrie from the Super Fortress Macross: Do you Remember Love animated film.

That thing's essentially a statue. I'll pass, personally.

[Øystein]

I'm liking the new LOGH. The pacing is good I think, the first two episodes set the setting and protagonists, and now we get a couple of background stories.

The original was also like that. It's not a fast paced show, but a great space opera.

[Wrangler]

ahhh the thing of beauty
my buddy has a vf-0 from macross zero still in box and limited edition...on hell bay those go for about 600 usd and up...
had to talk him out of selling it when he was broke...and gave him few hundred so he could keep it. today he is very happy that he never parted with it.

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2018-04-26/22-inch-vf-1-valkyrie-becomes-macross-biggest-plastic-model-ever/.130829 this is the one?

That's the one

[Ruger]

Got a small Space Battleship Yamato model kit today for $8 plus sales tax from the FLGS...

Ruger

[elf25s]

looks like attack on titan season 3 is a go july 22?

[Wrangler]

I've been so busy, i've fallen track all shows i was wanting watch.  Maybe this weekend.  :-X

[Lazarus Jaguar]

I'm so far behind I gave up on the new season.

the fact I found time to binge Violet Evergarden is enough.

[Matti]

the fact I found time to binge Violet Evergarden is enough.

I have it on my shopping list. But should I check it at my brother's place (he has Netflix account) before I buy it?

[Dies Irae]

Violet Evergarden is one of those shows where the first three episodes seem really bland and oddly paced.
There's a payoff for that though since Kyo-Ani is setting up the scene for the rest of the emotional beats later down the road.

So that's a caveat worth considering if you only preview a bit.

[MadCapellan]

Well I'm happy as a clam this morning!

It seems 2017's best anime, Princess Principal is getting SIX sequel films starting in 2019!

https://fast.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-04-29/princess-principal-anime-gets-6-sequel-films-starting-in-2019/.130989

I can't wait to get back to my steampunk spy thriller!

[Matti]

Violet Evergarden is one of those shows where the first three episodes seem really bland and oddly paced.
There's a payoff for that though since Kyo-Ani is setting up the scene for the rest of the emotional beats later down the road.

So that's a caveat worth considering if you only preview a bit.

Got it. Can someone tell me about the light novels and how anime compares to them?

[Tymers Realm]

Got it. Can someone tell me about the light novels and how anime compares to them?

From the ANN reviews, the anime has a lot of original material. Also the ANN reviewer seemed to carry a bit of a dislike because of that.
Personally, I rather enjoyed Violet Evergarden. But then again, I have no knowledge of the LNs. It's a solid drama with wonderful visuals.

[MadCapellan]

Violet Evergarden's light novel is published by Kyoto Animation themselves with the specific intent of creating the anime. Kyoani does this silly thing where they solicit potential scripts as light novels, grants them "awards", and then animates them. I think it's supposed to encourage people to see them as an artistic studio dedicated to cultivating grass-roots creators, but I can't help but feel like it's just circular self-promotion....

[Matti]

About Violet Evergarden:

From the ANN reviews, the anime has a lot of original material. Also the ANN reviewer seemed to carry a bit of a dislike because of that.

So reviewer's opinion is: "They changed it, now it suck" ? Also LN don't seem to be available in English yet.